Talking about strategies is one thing, implementing them is quite another! I'm sure that you are using strategies already, even if they don't have fancy names or an acronym attached to them.

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Group A:
  • Trish W, (trish-isu)
  • Esther (entuli1)
  • Dan
  • Samantha
  • Trish M (Tricia-ISU)
  • Melissa
  • Tim (sennettt)
Group B:
  • Janel (janeldowling)
  • Sarah (Sarah-ISU)
  • Kristin (kmcielo)
  • Tina (Tina-ISU)
  • Olivia (seatonfirst)
  • David (hallattd)
  • Wendy (wlbartlett)

Rationale

The purpose of this assignment is to 1) use literacy strategies with your student and then 2) reflect and analyze the experience.

Assignment

  1. Implement a total of five (5) literacy strategies in your classroom with your students. You must try at least one initiating, constructing and utilizing strategies. The other two can be vocabulary, technology, instructional grouping, writing, motivational etc..)
  2. Share your implementation successes with us by posting to the wiki--see below for what you'll be posting
  3. Comment/encourage 2 of your peers.

This is what you must post for all 5 strategies


Strategy Name:

Citation/location of strategy: (as a reference for you peers!)

Strategy Description:

Description/Name of the class in which you used the strategy:

Rationale: (Why did you chose to use this strategy with these students?)

Procedure: Write a list of how you implemented this strategy

Reflection:
  • How did it go?
  • Describe the experience from your student's view. Did this literacy strategy reach diverse learners? What learning styles responded well to this strategy? Did you have students engaged that previously weren't? What learning styles seemed to like it least?
  • What changes would you make if you use the strategy again?
  • Make suggestions for using this strategy in other content areas.